Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1887-05-25
NEW YORK LETTER.



Especial Correspondence
New YORK, May 49,
The widow, son and son-in-law of Henry
Ward Beecher are preparing life of the
>great preacher, and, as in the case of the
Memoirs of Grant" the entire country will
be districted out to canvassers. 1t will be
the only authentic life of Beecher, and it is
said will contain some private letters of De
culiar interest.
When women of culture look around for
employment at the beginning of the tradi-
tional rainy day they would be tolerably sure
of finding something congenal and remunera
tive If they would take any one thing for
which they have taste if not a talent, Guilt
vate it and devote themselves to it, Of
course they must begin in a small way: but
in this country there is always growth for
any branch of business under the sun if il is
conducted with ability and energy. AS one
woman who had chance to know whereof
she spoke said: "You can sell Croton water
here in New York at 81 a bottle if you have
1t put up and labeled neatly and advertise it
Judlclously under some other name. Indeed,
| am not sure that you could not sell it under
its own name il you had it labeled Superior
Croton water There is Mary Tillinghast.
OF family which had wealth and social DO
sition, the head of which suddenly failed and
died. The widow and daughters moved
Into the country. Mary was the eldest
and had artistic gifts She had gone
abroad and worked Faithfully in Caro4us
Duran's studio for a year or longer. She de
cided to try to make her artistic requirements
a means of earning a livelihood She went
into partnership with John Lafarge whose
company was just being organized. They
decorated the Union League club and the
Vanderbilt houses Miss Tiliughast invented
and patented new kind of tapestry for the
Vanderbilt houses, for which she was paid
10000, but they were so costly in material
and contained SO much embroidery that size
did not have a large profit even at that price.
Lafarge q Co. failed three years ago. Miss
riiinghast went abroad and stayed a wear
and half, and is now decorating without a
partner. She decorated the house of Tele-
phone Bell in Washington, and is now at
work on house in Gramercy park for CYRUS
Fields son. Yes, and She has made the first
church window ever made by woman in
his country and it will soon be put in its
place at Grace church, this city. Miss Til
nghast was among the artists who sent in
designs for the proposed window The com
mittee had scruples in regard to awarding
the contract to a woman. 1t looked a little
like helping to shatter the universe, but her
design was the best and she got it. But they
said she should use English glass. She said
she would not. She had her way. Yes,
very woman under the sun who has any
ability in any direction could turn it to &C
count if she would only perfect herself in
whatever line she started out on
zone trouble with women in the matter OF
earning their bread is that they have rather
narrow ideas in regard to the responsibility
If certain kinds Of business If they cannot
be bankers or railroad presidents they doe
want to be anything. They will write poe
try, paint plaques or teach languages at
starvation figures, and be comfortable il.
mind, because those things are Clasaed among
the "genteci' employment for gentl, women.
At least they were when the world had les
sense than il has now. Bur as for going into
some business calling in tEeir own NAMES. and
running it quite like a man would-oh. Il, ar,
no, they wouldn't like that. They woud los,
caste" G. G.